Personages

7/25/1860 - 7/15/1939 artist

Czech art nouveau artist. Born in Ivančice, studied at the Slovanic grammar school in Brno. In 1879 he went to Vienna to work as a theatre scenery painter. In 1883 he was invited by Count Khuen Belassim to create the décor of chateau Emmahof in Vienna. The breaking point in his career was in 1897 when he received an order for a poster for Sarah Bernhardt. Mucha’s most famous period was at the turn of the 20th century. In the U.S.A. he was welcomed as one of the greatest decorative artists in the world, however he returned to the Bohemia.

Related tourist site

• Mucha Museum (Praha)
• Monument to Alfons Mucha (Ivančice)
• Vyšehrad (Praha)
• Zbiroh - chateau (Zbiroh)

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10/15/1861 - 2/25/1925 artist

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• Mrštíks brothers Memorial (Diváky)
• Countryman's Hall in Horní škola (Jimramov)

5/23/1851 - 9/30/1923 clergy

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• Hostýn - stone lookout tower (Bystřice pod Hostýnem)
• Velehrad - basilica and lapidary (Velehrad)

6/27/1661 - 10/7/1733 artist

Italian baroque sculptor, who also worked in Moravia. He created a large number of valuable stucco interiors during his life. We can see his work in the monastery in Velehrad, or in Olomouc, where his sculptures decorate the Archbishop’s palace. He is buried in the Church of St. Vitus in Chiasso.

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• Uherčice - chateau (Uherčice)

3/23/1953 artist

Czech theatrical and film actress, wife of the former President Vaclav Havel since 1997. She played in the Jiří Wolker theatre, Vinohrady theatre. She has starred in 50 films and received a number of awards. She has devoted herself to charity intensely and established the Dagmar and Vaclav Havel foundation VIZE 97.

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• St Anne's Church (Praha)

8/24/1868 - 12/22/1947 architect

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• Pustevny (Rožnov pod Radhoštěm)
• (Nové Město nad Metují)
• Jurkovič Villa (Brno)
• Hostýn - stone lookout tower (Bystřice pod Hostýnem)
• Hostýn - monastery and place of pilgrimage (Chvalčov)
• Kunětická Hora - castle (Staré Hradiště)

9/2/1286 - 10/19/1335 politician / statesman

Czech queen, widow of Czech kings. She was originally promised to the son of Branibor Margrave Oto Braniborský, but instead in 1300 married Czech King Václav II, whose wife had died. In 1303 she arrived in Prague and was crowned Czech and Polish queen. On this occasion she took the name Elizabeth or also Eliška; Rejčka is a corruption of her original name. Rudolf Hapsburg, who took the unoccupied Czech thrown in 1306, chose her as his second wife.

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• Augustinian abbey with the basilica of the Annunciation of the Virgin Mary (Brno)

1912 - 1970 artist

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• Mikulčice - Museum and archaeological site (Mikulčice)

1753 - 1805 other

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• Černoskostelec excursion brewery - brewery and museum (Kostelec nad Černými Lesy)

8/23/1570 - 9/20/1636 politician / statesman, clergy

One of the most famous Czech politicians of the 17th century, he was the Bishop of Olomouc from 1599. In Moravia, he was the main character in the anti-reformation movement and re-catholicisation. He was the main advisor to Habsburg monarchs. He established several monasteries and supported science and art.

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• Mikulov - museum and chateau (Mikulov)

4/2/1776 - 3/22/1836 scientist / inventor

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• Rájec nad Svitavou - chateau (Rájec-Jestřebí)

9/6/1715 - 2/3/1787 artist

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• Velehrad - basilica and lapidary (Velehrad)

3/29/1592 - 11/16/1670 artist

According to his autobiography Comenius was born on 28.3.1592 in Nivnice in southern Moravia and spent his childhood in Uherský Brod. He attended the Moravian Church school in Přerov in 1608 – 1611, and later studied in Herborn and Heidelberg. In 1616 he was ordained as a minister and two years later he became pastor of the Moravian Church congregation in Fulnek. After White Mountain he was forced into hiding and most often stayed at the castle of Charles the Elder of Žerotín in Brandýs. His wife and two of his children died, and during this difficult period he wrote Labyrinth of the World and Paradise of the Heart, which is probably his best-known work. In 1628 he left his native country for good and went to Lesna, Poland, where he lived and worked until 1656. A fire in the town cost Comenius his entire library and most of his manuscripts; he left home once again and made his way to Amsterdam. His time there was the peak of his scientific and literary activities; Comenius published approximately 62 books while living in Amsterdam. His inclinations toward irrationalism and faith in prophecy and visions also became stronger. At this time he also composed several religious tracts, polemics, and even political treatises. Not all of these met with understanding. Comenius died on 15.11.1670 in Amsterdam.

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• - Fortress (Nemile)
• Uherský Brod - museum and chateau (Uherský Brod)
• Klopoty (Brandýs nad Orlicí)
• Collegiate House of Dr. Kachník (Nivnice)
• J.A. Komenský Memorial in Fulnek (Fulnek)
• Municipal museum Žacléř (Žacléř)
• Jan Amos Komenský memorial (Komňa)
• Jan Amos Komenský memorial (Žeravice)
• Monument in memory of Jan Amos Komensky - chateau and memorial (Horní Branná)

2/21/1523 - 11/25/1571 artist

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• Protestant church Horní Čermná (Horní Čermná)

8/17/1608 - 8/13/1682 general

Firstly he battled on the side of the hugenots at his hometown La Rochelle. Then he left France and entered the order of the Swedish army. However he ended up leaving it. In March 1645, he was named general by Emperor Ferdinand III. Under his leadership, the Brno troop of just 1500 men preserved the town against 28 000. In 1646 he became the general major and then the general of imperial troops in Moravia. He spent the end of his life at his extensive Moravian estate, which the Habsburg emperors granted to him.

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• Church of St. Jacob (Brno)
• House of Lords of Lipa (Brno)
• Church of the Visitation of the Virgin Mary (Hluboké Mašůvky)
• Jevišovice - Chateau and museum (Jevišovice)
• Špilberk - castle and museum (Brno)

7/16/1821 - 4/6/1897 scientist / inventor

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• Macocha - karst gorge (Blansko)
• Výpustek cave (Adamov)
• Pekárna Caves (Ochoz u Brna)

7/21/1822 - 1/7/1884 scientist / inventor

Abbot in the Augustinian monastery in Old Brno, born in Hynčice. Known for breeding experiments with peas in the monastery garden. He discovered Mendel's law that became the basis for genetics.

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• Mendelianum (Brno)
• Augustinian abbey with the basilica of the Annunciation of the Virgin Mary (Brno)
• Museum of Gregor Mendel (Brno)
• Monument to J.G. Mendel (Vražné)

6/17/1877 - 10/7/1960 scientist / inventor

The discoverer of Punkevny caves (in 1909 - 1933), paleontologist, paleoanthropologist, explorer in the Moravian kras area, Dolní Věstonie and also abroad in France, Britain and in the Balkans. He was born in Boskovice. His expedition was the first to descend to the very bottom of the Macocha gorge in 1901 using ropes and ladders from the edge of the gorge. He established the exposition Anthropos in the Moravian Municipal Museum of Brno.

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• Dietrichstein Palace (Brno)
• Výpustek cave (Adamov)
• Punkevní Caves (Ostrov u Macochy)

1/10/1890 - 12/26/1938 artist

Czech prosaic, dramatist, journalist and translator of the first half of the 20th century. For a certain period he was the representative of the Czechoslovakian Penclub. During the time of of the threat of Nazi occupation he was one of the main motors of resistance. He began creating literature before World War I, at first with his brother Josef, who was primarily a painter.

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• (Praha)
• Čapek Brothers Museum (Malé Svatoňovice)
• Karel Čapek memorial in Stará Huť in Dobříš (Stará Huť)
• Chyše - chateau (Chyše)
• Vyšehrad (Praha)

7/4/1854 - 8/13/1928 artist

Born in Hukvaldy, where you will find a memorial to him. His work is regarded as one of the pillars of contemporary world music. Apart from opera, he wrote vocal, orchestral and chamber compositions and cantatas. Every year in June is the Janáček Hukvaldy Festival. The foremost Moravian opera house bears his name.

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• Leoš Janáček Memorial (Brno)
• Fojtství Grounds and General School (Kozlovice)
• Native home of Leoš Janáček (Hukvaldy)
• The House of the Lords of Kunštát (Brno)

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8/16/1769 - 5/6/1821 general

One of the most significant leaders, French generals. In 1804 he had himself crowned as the Emperor of France, he implemented numerous reforms and new laws, reorganised the government and improved the system of education. His troops consisted of 3 million soldiers. He tried to take over all of Europe.

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• The Cairn of Peace, Prace near Brno - battle memorial (Prace)
• Museum of the Battle at Slavkov - Austerlitz 1805 (Kovalovice)
• Villa Mitrovský in Brno (Brno)
• Slavkov u Brna - chateau and museum (Slavkov u Brna)

1233 - 1278 politician / statesman

Přemysl Otakar II, known as the iron and golden king, born around 1233 as the second son of King Václav I and Kunhuta Štaufská, was the fifth Czech king from the Přemyslid family (crowned in 1261) and a powerful Central European sovereign who temporarily connected Austrian lands to Bohemia after the Babenburg family died out. However, these lands were not held long against the advancing Hapsburgs, and Přemysl Otakar II was killed during his retreat from the Battle of the Marchfeld, after having been defeated by Holy Roman Emperor Rudolph I.

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• Minorite Monastery - monastery and museum (Znojmo)
• Litomyšl - chateau (Litomyšl)
• (Praha)
• Vysoké Mýto - Přemysl Otakar II Square - town monument zone (Vysoké Mýto)
• Lanšperk (Dolní Dobrouč)
• Grabštejn - castle (Hrádek nad Nisou)
• Svojanov - castle (Svojanov)
• Litice nad Orlicí - castle (Záchlumí)
• Polička - city walls (Polička)

3/27/1968 - 12/26/1765 scientist / inventor

Prokop Diviš was a distinguished Czech natural scientist and builder. In 1720 he entered the Premonstratensian monastery in Louka near Znojmo and was ordained a priest. Beginning in 1736 he served as pastor in Přimětice and in his free time conducted experiments, mainly with static electricity. The lightning rod is the most prominent of his technical inventions.

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• Home of Prokop Diviš (Žamberk)
• Prokop Diviš Memorial (Znojmo)
• Municipal Museum (Žamberk)

3/8/1850 - 9/15/1937 politician / statesman

The first Czechoslovakian president, Czech philosopher, pedagogue, politician, scientist and journalist. He was born in Hodonín, he spent his youth in Čejkovice. He entered the political and social scene during the Austrian monarchy. During World War I he organised anti-Austrian resistance towards establishing an independent Republic of Czechoslovakia. He was the President of Czechoslovakia from 1918 and abdicated in 1935 due to old age.

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• Lány - chateau (Lány)
• (Jevíčko)
• T.G. Masaryk's house (Čejkovice)
• Hluboš - chateau (Hluboš)
• T.G.M. museum in Rakovník (Rakovník)
• (Choceň)
• Hodonín - chateau and museum (Hodonín)
• Masaryk's Independence Tower - Museum with observation tower (Hořice)
• Municipal museum and gallery (Hustopeče)
• T.G. Masaryk Museum in Lány (Lány)
• Botanical Garden of Faculty of Science, Masaryk University (Brno)

2/3/1711 - 6/28/1794 politician / statesman

He came from the old feudal, later earl family of the Opava region. After studying in Vienna he entered the services of the Emperor Charles VI in 1727. During the course of the war for Austrian heritage (1740-48), Marie Teresa entrusted him with numerous diplomatic tasks. In 1753 he became the first minister of Marie Teresa with the title of a court and state chancellor. He deserved merit for acquiring the King of France as an ally to Austria. He was also renowned as a patron and supported the arts. He is buried in the Kounic tomb in the chateau in Slavkov by Brno.

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• Church of the Resurrection of Christ - classicist building from 1789 (Slavkov u Brna)
• Slavkov u Brna - chateau and museum (Slavkov u Brna)
• Memorial hall of JUDr. Václav, the Count of Kounic (Uherský Brod)

11/28/1876 - 8/23/1934 scientist / inventor

Austrian engineer, inventor of Kaplan’s turbine. He studied at Vienna’s Technical University. He also spent some time at the German Technical University in Brno, as a constructor of the institution of learing about machines. His turbine received a patent in 1920.

5/15/1863 - 3/3/1912 artist

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• Monument to the fairy tale entitled "May" (Ostrovačice)
• Mrštíks brothers Memorial (Diváky)
• Countryman's Hall in Horní škola (Jimramov)

10/10/1929 - 5/30/1988 artist

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• Monument to Alfons Mucha (Ivančice)
• Vladimír Menšík view tower (Hlína)